Last week we had two new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Knowledge Base articles - The links and titles are below: ======== KB960448 - The Asset Intelligence Catalog Sync Service of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 cannot...

Our very own Steve Rachui has a cool post over on his blog that talks about how to install patches manually on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 machines.  While that may sound trivial, if you've every tried this with Vista or Win2K8 SCCM patches...

For the week of 12-14 through 12-20 we had one new Systems Management Server 2003 Knowledge Base article. The link and title is below: ======== KB956307 - Error message when you install the Inventory Tool for Dell Update (ITDU) on an SMS 2003 site...

Here's an interesting issue I saw the other day that I thought I'd mention here just in case you run into it.  I'm sure you're already familiar with all the client installation properties that can be specified when installing the ConfigMgr client...

Last week we had four new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Knowledge Base articles - The links and titles are below: ======== KB960065 - Updates are not deployed to some clients when you use WSUS or SUM to deploy updates in System Center Configuration...

Yesterday Dell released their Dell Deployment Pack (DDP) for System Center Configuration Manager SP1.  What is the Dell Deployment Pack? I'm glad you asked.  According to dell: The Dell Deployment Pack (DDP) is an easy-to-use graphical user...

Just in case you missed it, Carol Bailey has posted yet another fantastic article on certificates over on the http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam blog.  If certificates are as confusing to you as they are to me then you'll definitely want to give...

The good folks over on the Windows Embedded blog just posted a great article on using ConfigMgr to manage various embedded devices.  If you work with this stuff then I think you'll find it pretty helpful.  I have their intro and a link below...

Are you looking for a forum or newsgroup where you can get help with ConfigMgr?  Want to know what the latest downloads are?  How about troubleshooting information, webcasts and whitepapers?  Need to contact support?  All this and...

Is there anything Carol Bailey doesn't know about certificates and Configuration Manager?  Doesn't seem like it as the Configuration Manager Team Blog has another great post on how to renew the Site Server Signing Certificate using Microsoft Certificate...

Out of band management feature support in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 provides powerful management control for computers that have the Intel vPro chip set and Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) firmware versions 3.2.1 or later. Out of band...

Just an FYI that the Configuration Manager Team blog posted an announcement concerning the Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 beta that’s scheduled for May 2009.  Included are some of the new features so if you haven’t seen it you’ll want...

Here's another neat tip from Clifton Hughes in our Irving, Texas site.  If you're unable to view the status of Advertised packages from Advertisement Status view pane then this might be what you’re looking for: ======== Issue: You may be unable to...

We had five new Knowledge Base article published last week on System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  I won’t go through each one but I have the links and titles below:   KB969530 - The Ccmexec.exe process may consume almost 100 percent of...

By default the SCCM server's site control file sets the agent to provision check automatically every 24 hours. This is not configurable in the UI nor is it an option on the Actions tab of the agent (unlike Hardware Inventory or Machine Policy Requests...

If you’re using the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment feature to deploy operating system images in secondary sites, here’s some information you may find interesting: Issue: During the deployment of a System Center Configuration...

  Note: This article has been updated as of 11/30/2010.  See comments in red below.   Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from a quarters worth of support incidents as regards Configuration Manager 2007...

I can’t imagine why anyone would ever want to uninstall the best, most secure browser out there but hey, you never know.  If you ever find yourself in that position then MVP Bechir Gharbi just posted a great article on how to do just that over in...

We will add a new product family to your WSUS server today – System Center . The System Center product family will contain updates for versions 2012 and higher of System Center products, which include System Center 2012 , a product that combines components...

The Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (“SP1”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The Beta is for evaluation purposes only and not to be used in production as described...

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Beta supports the management of Linux and UNIX servers. The clients for Linux and UNIX extends the scope of your Configuration Manager environment to collect inventory, deploy software, and run reports...

Cumulative Update 1 for ConfigMgr 2012 is now available. Below are the issues that are fixed: Administrator Console When a new distribution point is added to a package that contains more than 100 existing distribution points, the new distribution point...

Hi everyone, Tyler Franke here again with another troubleshooting tip for you. When you’re in the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 administrative console and trying to download software updates to an update list, it may fail with an error stating...

Hi everyone, Dennis Donahoe here with a couple tips on how to fix an issue you may see setting up a new install of Configuration Manager. In a new installation of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), you may find that you cannot connect...

UPDATED 7/16/2012: We’ve had a few questions regarding critical updates and WSUSSCN2.CAB so I thought I’d publish a quick explainer in case you were wondering the same. Question: Is security advisory KB2719615 going to be added for Microsoft Update Catalog...